Vehicle Number Plate Recognition Using Android
Vehicle Number Plate Recognition Using Android
Abstract:
Number plate recognition is a form of automatic vehicle identification. A number
plate is the unique identification of vehicle. Real time number plate recognition
plays an important role in maintaining law enforcement and maintaining traffic
rules. It has wide applications areas such as toll plaza, parking area, highly security
areas, boarder’s areas etc. Number plate recognition is designed to identify the
number plate and then recognize the vehicle number plate from a moving vehicle
automatically. Automatic number plate recognition has two major parts:
Vehicle number plate extraction,
Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
Number plate extraction is that stage where vehicle number plate is detected and
extract the number plate text. The segmented characters are normalized and passed
to an OCR algorithm. At last the optical character information will be converted
into encoded text. The characters are recognized using Template matching. The
final output must be in the form of string of characters.
2. Police
a. Login: Police need to login with their valid login credentials in order
to access the application.
b. Scan Car: By scanning the number plate using android mobile phone,
it Identifies Car Number -> Check List -> Notify and insert entry into
the database.
c. Blacklist/Whitelist: Police can view a blacklisted Car Registered
Number, Color and List Type.
Hardware Requirement:
i3 Processor Based Computer
1GB-RAM
80 GB Hard Disk
Monitor
Internet Connection
Android Device
Software Requirement:
Windows 7 or higher
Android Studio
SQL Server 2008
Advantages:
This application provides user and car details by simply scanning the Vehicle
Number plate.
If any driver isn't following traffic rules, then police can mark as a Black list
car.
Disadvantages:
Applications:
The system can be used for toll plaza, parking area, highly security areas,
boarder’s areas etc.